Barack Obama's Message to our Black Fathers

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I usually don't get into politics too much because that can be a messy subject at times. I couldn't help but smile this morning after reading Barack Obama addressing our absent black fathers. Get em Barack!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/15/obama.fathers.day.ap/index.html

This message was right on time as my nephews are currently suffering at the hands of absentee fathers. One father is off in Iraqi fighting a idiotic war. The other's father just doesn't care and lives in the same city but never calls, visits, or supports. I sure hope Obama's message was received. It is time for our families to heal.

Braid, Band, Separate

Braid, band, and separate! Braid, band, and separate! Everyone say it with me BRAID, BAND, and Separate! Every good consultant / trainee preaches this to their clients. We even show that old 20 year Sisterlock™ video that demonstrates the technique. This simple routine during every wash could save you a bundle in cash and in time. If you have relaxed ends it is even more important for you to take extra care and braid, band and separate. Why is it so important for my relaxed end sistas? Well for one with relaxed ends the pattern is more susceptible to slip down the hair strands due to the relaxed nature on the ends thus you have SLIPPAGE. With slippage and your new growth your roots will be plentiful which allows room for matting at the roots. . Matting is what hair wants to do anyway so if you don’t separate you will have a matted mess with locks on the ends. I have a client I will call her Mrs. Cool Runnings with lots of relaxed ends. Don’t worry she knows that I am using her as an educational example for my blog community. Mrs. Runnings’ hair strands are thicker than most that I have experienced plus they have a S curl pattern. Well Mrs. Runnings needed a retightening after 4 weeks. Now mind you I checked her for her two weeks follow up and she was doing awesome just like I expected. What I saw at the retightening was this which is the pic on the side

At first glance you would say oh the back is not that bad just normal growth right. Check out this middle section. Now Mrs. Runnings has a very different hair texture in the middle of her head and her hair there grows SUPER fast. LAWD HAVE MERCY! Lookie here……

Once I examined the individual locks more closely the pattern appeared to be working it’s way down the hair strands but tangling while doing so. So my diagnosis is a combination of slippage and fast hair growth. You would say great for the hair growth right? I would too but what I experienced to get to her scalp was stressful for her hair and scalp. MATTING!! Yes! Mrs. Runnings insisted that she separated after every wash.

I made sure to be extra careful when separating but I was stressed because I didn’t want to harm Mrs. Runnings by pulling out strands of her hair at a time. My goodness it sounded like Velcro. I was so scared that I would harm her…I just pulled out my scissors and clipped the single strands that were remaining once I ripped the locks from each other. While I was retightening those sections there were still hairs hanging out with each other which caught on my tool and caused her to yelp a couple of times. Well the otherwise 4.5 hour retightening took me 6.5 hours due to me separating and snipping frequently. With those types of hours here where they charge by the hour anywhere from $25 to $30 that can add up. So my sistas save yourselves some time and money Braid, band and separate! Don't worry I charge a flat fee so Mrs. Runnings is all good now...check her out...

I love my client Mrs. Runnings, her hair is allowing me to learn and grow as a consultant and a loctician. So thank you Mrs. Runnings for allowing me to use this information and your photos to help other consultants / trainees and clients.

Hair Growth

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Wow how time flies. I am nearing my two year loc anniversary and my how my hair has grown. July 15, 2006.

Two and Three Headed Dragons

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I was just messing around in my hair and lookie what I found. I found some locks that I combined a while ago and they are completely locked except for the ends. Check them out. I plan to cut them after a while.

I totally forgot about my two and three headed dragons. They will be gone soon.

I am also having the color itch. I want my hair all one color. I want a darker color now. Maybe a chestnut brown, but that is what I started out with and now my hair is looking really light brown and my roots are 4 inches of black. Not really feeling that too much. I want to bigen the entire thing but I am worried that it will wear off soon and I will have to apply the bigen again and again. What's a girl to do when she wants to color her hair and the hubby loves it the way it is? BOOT!

My soror's locks that I started for her

During my 10 year reunion I had an opportunity to see my SPEC (my sorority sister) that asked me to do her hair when I was living in Detroit a about 16 months ago. I started her locs for her using comb coils and the pics above are about 2 to 3 months into her journey. Yes her hair was shorter when I first started her locks. Once I got this job in Atlanta she was panicked because she didn't know how to maintain her hair. I taught her how to palm roll her own hair and voila. Check her out.

I love my hair and I wanted to showcase it.....BUT

So I finally got my photoshoot pics back from the Sisterlock training class. Hmmm what can I say about them? I am not feeling them too much. These are the only two that really focus on my hair and didn't have me looking greasy. I am not knocking the photographer but I should have let my hubby snap some shots of me.



For example....what does eating chicken have to do with my hair? Even if the chicken was finger licking.

I can dig this pic here. But I had a lot of pics that I was like WHAT!?!?

The Dekalb Farmers Market

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The hubby and I just experienced the Dekalb Farmers Market. http://www.dekalbfarmersmarket.com/ and let me tell you....I AM SO THRILLED we found it. I am officially off of the processed foods and all of the grocery stores in Gwinnett county were putting a hurting on our pockets. Man we walked in there and literally a fly could have flown right in our mouths. I didn't know were to start....Beer and Wine!?!? Okay Trina focus ! No beer and wine but we hit the spices, fruits, veggies, fish, cheese, and everythine else in there that I could have ever imagined. We had a FULL cart and we only spent $120...WHAT!! Only $120!?!? My hubby was like we will be back here every week from now on. It is cheaper than any combination of stores we could have ever put together. Like buying meats at Sam's Club, buying processed foods, milk, cheese, and yogurt from Kroger. Then stopping at Wal Mart for my hubby's lunch meat. I was able to get everything from the farmers market. I bought some sea bass, red grouper, and orange roughy which I can't wait to try these recipes on. I have all kinds of zucchini, squash, fruits (for smoothies), and veggies. It is on now.

I am so tired of feeling like I do. I have these headaches and I feel sluggish for no reason at all. I know it has something to do with what I am eating. So I have made the decision to give the processed foods up. I am committing myself to a clean eating lifestyle. Do you Trina take Clean Eating to be your life? YES I DO!